Kranji War Cemetery

Kranji War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Kranji War Memorial with the War Cemetery in the foreground during the Remembrance Day Ceremony proceedings on 13 November 2005
Used for those deceased 1942–1945
Established1946
Location1°25′11″N 103°45′28″E / 1.41972°N 103.75778°E / 1.41972; 103.75778
Kranji, Singapore
Designed byColin St Clair Oakes
Total burials4461
Unknowns
850
Burials by nation
Specific figures are not available
Burials by war
Statistics source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Kranji War Cemetery is located in Kranji, Singapore, and is the final resting place for Allied soldiers who perished during the Battle of Singapore and the subsequent Japanese occupation of the island from 1942 to 1945 and in other parts of Southeast Asia during World War II.[1]

There are 4,461 World War II casualties buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which more than 850 of these are unidentified. There are 64 World War I headstones, of which three commemorate casualties known to have been buried elsewhere but whose graves could not be found on concentration.[2]

Adjacent to the War Cemetery is the Kranji Military Cemetery, also administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[3]

  1. ^ "Pagenation.com". Retrieved 9 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Kranji War Cemetery". Retrieved 9 September 2006.
  3. ^ CWGC Kranji Military Cemetery

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